Dignity by Hilary Duff (CD, Apr-2007, Hollywood)

Album Features
UPC:	720616266828
Artist:	Hilary Duff
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2007
Record Label:	Hollywood
Genre:	Rock & Pop, Teen Pop

Track Listing
1. Stranger
2. Dignity
3. With Love
4. Danger
5. Gypsy Woman
6. Never Stop
7. No Work, All Play
8. Between You and Me
9. Dreamer
10. Happy
11. Burned
12. Outside of You
13. I Wish
14. Play With Fire

Details
Playing Time:	49 min.
Producer:	Hilary Duff, Andre Recke
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Given the title and Hilary Duff's sophisticated, uptown-girl look on the cover, 2007's DIGNITY seems to announce that the teen starlet is all grown up. Yet the album is still full of effervescent dance-pop, as fresh-faced and catchy as fans of Top 40 and commercial bubblegum would expect. The production techniques, complete with electronic flourishes and nods to club music, are well crafted, to be sure, but DIGNITY isn't about cutting-edge sounds or thumping club bangers. Instead, the electro-beats reinforce the pop song structures and make the singalong tunes shine.The most sophisticated thing about DIGNITY may be its lyrics. Gossip-mill regulars will be able to parse references to Duff's much-publicized entanglements with other commercial pop stars, but what stands out is Duff's mature response to her life's tumult. The album plays like a confession, but does so with a cool head and a clear eye, underscoring the album's title without detracting from the music's inherently fun, bouncy style.

Editorial Reviews
DIGNITY is 100 percent electro-pop, awash in bleeping synths and multitracked Duff vocals delivered with a newfound petulance... -- Grade: B+
Entertainment Weekly